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About Birsula Village

Birsula is a large village in Lalbarra tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,620, made up of 1,309 males and 1,311 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 625.97 hectares hectares.

Birsula Overview

Census 2011 figures for Birsula village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Lalbarra
Area (hectares) 625.97 hectares
Population 2,620
Male Population 1,309
Female Population 1,311
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,002
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Birsula compares

By the 2011 count Birsula is the 12th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents. Its 625.97 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Birsula

Birsula is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Birsula as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Birsula from other places

Birsula lies about 10 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Dhapewara, about 8.1 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Birsula
Nearest railway station Dhapewara 8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Lalbarra 10 km
District headquarters Balaghat 10 km
Nearest town Bālāghāt 10 km

Villages closest to Birsula

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lalbarra tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Birsula

As per the Census of India 2011, Birsula village had a population of 2,620. That makes it the 12th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents.

Birsula village has 1,309 males and 1,311 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Birsula has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

Birsula covers 625.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Birsula falls under Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Birsula is Dhapewara, about 8.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Birsula.

Birsula is about 10 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Birsula is in Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district. Dhapewara is about 8.1 km away. Lalbarra is about 10 km away. Balaghat is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gondegaon (2.1 km), Lawada (2.4 km) and Chhatera (2.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Birsula today is likely to be higher.

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